Missoula Montana Sightseeing
The Old West meets a modern city! Missoula brings The Driveby Tourist's trip to Montana and Idaho to an end. We left time at the end of the trip to…
Garnet Ghost Town Montana
Do ghosts exist in Montana? Then why is it called Garnet Ghost Town Montana? Of course, a ghost town is just a deserted town that typically is deteriorating. Nature reclaiming…
Montana Idaho Road Trip
Montana holds the Lower 48 record for the most dramatic temperature change to occur over a 24-hour period. On January 15, 1972, in Loma, the temperature rose from -54˚F to…
Hidden Lake
Glacier National Park East
The "real" Glacier Park! The Driveby Tourist drove to Glacier National Park East! Since Going to the Sun road was closed in the center section, we took US Highway 2…
West Glacier National Park
Going to the Sun road was closed! Actually only the middle section was closed. I'm just trying to get your attention! We had to spend the first day on the…
Coming up on Flathead Lake
Coeur d’Alene to Kalispell
Fifty Thousand Silver Dollars! The Driveby Tourist traveled on the road from Coeur d'Alene to Kalispell for the next adventure and found this place. Evidently, the silver dollars came from…
Lake Coeur d’Alene Harrison
One-Shot Charlie's! Drove Idaho highway 97 on the east shore to Harrison. Beautiful drive and dinner at One Shot Charlie's was an experience! Typical bar in a small lake town.…
Coeur d’Alene Lake Idaho
The world's tallest Christmas tree lives in Coeur d'Alene! Actually, the tree stands 162' tall, holds 30,000 lights and supports 2 miles of extension cords. And the star on top…